The Croatian Olympic Committee ( Croatian : Hrvatski olimpijski odbor , HOO ) is the non-profit organization representing Croatian athletes in the International Olympic Committee . The COC organizes Croatia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games . It also organizes the Croatian contingent at smaller events such as the Mediterranean Games .
12-648: 44 sports federations are members of the committee which elect the Executive Council composed of the president and 15 members. In 2006, the COC organized the first Croatian World Games in Zadar . These games gather various groups of diaspora Croats against contingents from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina . The Croatian Olympic Committee was founded on 10 September 1991 in Zagreb. IOC temporally recognised
24-830: A major in law. On 19 June 2012 he became a president of the Executive Council of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia . When in 2013 he became the Speaker of the Parliament he became the first Croat from Herzegovina to hold such a high position in Croatian politics. Leko was deputy speaker from 23 December 2011 to 30 September 2012, when he succeeded Boris Šprem , who died in office, as interim speaker. He had already been acting as speaker during Šprem's absence due to cancer treatment in Houston, Texas. He
36-730: Is a Croatian politician who served as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 2012 to 2015. He was born in 1948 in Plavna village ( Bač municipality) in Bačka , Serbia (then Yugoslavia ) to a Croatian family from Ledinac near Grude in western Herzegovina. When he was one and a half years old the family returned to Herzegovina . He finished high school in Herzegovina and went to university in Zagreb , Croatia where he got
48-625: Is organized by the Croatian Olympic Committee and the Croatian World Congress . It is also known under the unofficial name Crolympics ( Croatian : Crolimpijada ), with the motto "Olympic games with Croatian sign". The goal of the Games is connecting young Croats from all over the world through sports and cultural gatherings, and to encourage them to cultivate their Croatian identity. The first and
60-664: Is suspended by the International Olympic Committee Croatian World Games The Croatian World Games ( Croatian : Hrvatske svjetske igre , Spanish : Juegos Croatas Mundiales, Juegos Mundiales Croatas ) are an Olympics -style amateur multi-sport competition pitting autochthonous Croat communities in Croatia and neighbouring nations against each other and Croatian diaspora communities, representing countries they live in. The event
72-721: The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament Josip Leko . 4th Games were held under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović . They were opened at the Ban Jelačić Square by Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenković . Originally, 5th Games should have been held from 26 to 30 July 2022, but due to COVID-19 pandemic Croatian World Congress postponed them to
84-442: The survey stated that they trained at least one sport more than ten years, and around 20% of them participated in the Games two times, while 70% participated first time. According to research from 2019, greatest number of participants came from Bosnia and Herzegovina , Germany , Austria , Switzerland , Romania , Canada , Australia and Montenegro . Source: Josip Leko Josip Leko (born 19 September 1948 )
96-974: The Committee on 17 January 1992, which led the way to Croatian athletes to participate in the Olympics. They participated for the first time in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona . Full recognition by the IOC was on 24 September 1993. The 2020–2024 committee of HOO consists of: The Croatian National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 37 Olympic Summer and 7 Winter Sport Federations in Croatia. 1: National Olympic Committee
108-554: The last week of July 2023 at the Executive Board level on 6 November 2021. 5th Games were held under the auspices of the Croatian Government , Central State office for Croats Abroad, City of Zagreb, Croatian Heritage Foundation , Croatian Chamber of Economy , Croatian Olympic Committee and Croatian Radiotelevision . They were opened by Croatian minister of foreign affairs Gordan Grlić Radman . Before
120-543: The opening ceremony, Holy Mass was served in the Cathedral of St. Anastasia by Gospić-Senj bishop Mile Bogović . Games were opened by Canadian minister of Croatian descent Lynne Yelich and Croatian minister of foreign affairs Gordan Jandroković . Third Games were first time hosted by Zagreb and held under auspices of the President of Croatia , Sabor , Central State office for Croats Abroad, City of Zagreb and Croatian Heritage Foundation . Games were opened by
132-572: The opening ceremony, Holy Mass was served in the parish church of Our Lady of Freedom by Vinko Puljić . Opening ceremony was accompanied by concert of Zaprešić Boys ( hr ) , Folklore ensemble "Ivan Goran Kovačić" from Zagreb ( hr ) , KUD Preporod from Dugo Selo and Klapa Stine from Zagreb. Note: Sports with asterisk (*) were introduced at the 2014 Games. Research from 2019 indicates that, among CWG's participants, greatest number of them did volleyball , association football , futsal , karate and basketball . 60% participants in
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#1732798205712144-612: The second Games were held in Zadar in 2006 and 2010, and the third Games were held in Zagreb in 2014. For 2014 edition, interest for hosting was shown by Split , Šibenik and Međugorje . First Games were opened at Zadar's Forum, after Holy Mass in Cathedral of St. Anastasia , by the honorary president of the Croatian Olympic Committee Antun Vrdoljak and participants were greeted by Šimun Šito Čorić ( hr ) . Second Games were hosted by Zadar County and Zadar Archdiocese . Before
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